§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what estimate he has made of the cost of administering children's certificates for licensed premises, broken down by(a) inspections, (b) magistrates' time and (c) printing costs. [23662]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansAt the time of the policy assessment, it was considered that there would be an initial surge of work in the magistrates courts but that this would then level off and be cost neutral. Since the introduction of children's certificates, there has been no evidence to suggest that this assessment was wrong.